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齢 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「歯」

道
4Junior high level ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「歯」
On
レイれい · rei
Kun
よわい・としyowai · toshi
Meaning
age; years

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

歯 "teeth" with 令: age was once judged by a creature's teeth — hence "age, years."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレイれいrei樹齢じゅれい年齢ねんれい妙齢みょうれい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 年齢ねんれい

    age

  • 高齢こうれい

    advanced age

More words with this kanji

  • 遐齢かれい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

年齢(ねんれい)に関係(かんけい)なく学(まな)べる教室(きょうしつ)だ。

It is a class you can study in regardless of age.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

年齢高齢齢年year高high歯tooth涙tears隷servan…麗lovely令comman…礼courte…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 歯Map of reading レイAll maps

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